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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
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a perfect tense question

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01font00I had been working at a bank before coming here.02font02br
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00I think "I" must have stopped working at the bank before I came into the new job. Therefore, I think if it is better to change the sentence to:02br
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01font00I had worked at a bank before coming here.02font02br
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01font00F02font01font00or the first sentence, I sense that the time gap between the two jobs was relatively short (i.e., an immediate sense).02font02br
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